The following list of Debut Variety Television Broadcasts,
originally aired live or on videotape, are lost or unobtainable as
video; however, the soundtrack survives in the peerless ARCHIVAL TV
AUDIO collection containing 12,000 audio airchecks.

These pristine
quality soundtracks were recorded on 1/4" audiotape at the time of
the original broadcast. The networks, local stations, archives and
the public failed to preserve most of these programs. In many cases,
their historic audio broadcast record survives only because a
handful of dedicated individuals audiotape recorded their
television set, preserved their collection and willed it not to be
discarded.

Most network and local stations threw out, erased or
destroyed 70% of all television broadcasts which aired during the
first three decades of television history. Some of the following
programs survive but are inaccessible to the public. They can all be
found in the collection of Archival Television Audio, Inc.